Q: Is 272,188,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 272,188,072 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 272,188,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 19 23 26 38 46 52 53 76 92 104 106 113 152 184 212 226 247 299 424 437 452 494 598 689 874 904 988 1,007 1,196 1,219 1,378 1,469 1,748 1,976 2,014 2,147 2,392 2,438 2,599 2,756 2,938 3,496 4,028 4,294 4,876 5,198 5,512 5,681 5,876 5,989 8,056 8,588 9,752 10,396 11,362 11,752 11,978 13,091 15,847 17,176 20,792 22,724 23,161 23,956 26,182 27,911 31,694 33,787 45,448 46,322 47,912 49,381 52,364 55,822 63,388 67,574 77,857 92,644 98,762 104,728 111,644 113,791 126,776 135,148 137,747 155,714 185,288 197,524 223,288 227,582 270,296 275,494 301,093 311,428 395,048 455,164 550,988 602,186 622,856 641,953 910,328 1,101,976 1,204,372 1,283,906 1,479,283 1,790,711 2,408,744 2,567,812 2,617,193 2,958,566 3,581,422 5,135,624 5,234,386 5,917,132 7,162,844 10,468,772 11,834,264 14,325,688 20,937,544 34,023,509 68,047,018 136,094,036 and 272,188,072, with no remainder.

Since 272,188,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 272,188,072, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).